When it comes to the most mysterious and the most concerned smartwatch in 2021, it is certainly the Honor watch GS 3. The product made a brief appearance at the Honor Magic3 conference in August, and received enthusiastic attention for its stylish and business-oriented design and high-tech configuration. However, the glory official has not announced the specific sales plan for a long time, which has satisfied the curiosity of many netizens. It was not until this Honor Magic V conference that the Honor GS 3 was officially unveiled. As the saying goes, good food is not afraid of late, this time I also got this smart watch full of hardcore technology in advance, let's see if it is different.
The Honor GS 3 comes in three variants: Racing Pioneer, Global Voyage and Streamer Classic. The three styles, in appearance, are mainly the color difference between the dial and the strap. Among them, the racing pioneer design inspiration comes from the supercar series, the combination of black and red elements highlights the endless racing spirit; the design of the global voyage is inspired by the vast ocean, the deep sea blue color scheme shows high-end quality and excellent performance; the classic design of the streamer is warm gold as the main color, which interprets the gentleman's elegance and wisdom in the fast and slow alternation of time.
My GS 3 Glory watch is a voyage version of the globe, with a blue dial style and a sophisticated dial hands design that has the texture of an old nautical watch from a navigator of the past. Combined with the blue strap, it is like a magical journey on the deep sea. Looking at it, there is a spiritual yearning for daring to take risks and gallop freely.
Compared with the more sporty design of the Honor GS Pro, the Honor Watch GS 3 is more fashionable, elegant and comfortable to wear in the design. The watch mirror adopts a 3D thin curved glass design, and the curved edge is slightly higher than the plump design of the middle frame, which makes the screen appearance of the whole mirror more rounded and smooth, and more tense. Equipped with a 1.43-inch AMOLED silky high-grade color screen with a pixel density of 326PPI, the display area is not only larger, but also the display content is clearer. At the same time, this screen also has a brightness of up to 1000nit, so even when moving outdoors in strong light, it can clearly display the contents of the watch.
In terms of the watch frame, the Honor Watch GS 3 uses the industry's relatively high-end 316L low-carbon steel material, which on the one hand can avoid the problem of ordinary steel intergranular corrosion, supplemented by a full polishing process and metal brushed texture design to construct the main frame of the watch, while using high wear-resistant 3D thin curved glass and composite materials to form the watch's watch mirror and back, in addition to ensuring that the watch strength is higher and the impact resistance is better. Moreover, the thickness of the watch is only 10.5mm, and the weight without the strap is only 44g, and the thin and light design is not only more fashionable and textured, but also more contemptuous of comfort when wearing.
A good horse with a good saddle, such a delicate watch design, the design of the strap must also keep up. Honor watch GS 3 is equipped with a leather strap this time, using a selection of Nappa first layer calfskin as the strap material, the strap pores are small, the texture is delicate, the surface is smooth and flat, the feel is soft and skin-friendly, the tensile strength is good, so that the user can wear it more comfortably. Considering the different needs of users, the Honor Watch GS 3 adopts a 22mm, easy-to-remove strap buckle design this time, and the strap can be replaced with a single swipe.
In terms of dial, the configuration of the Honor Watch GS 3 is quite rich, through the mobile PHONE APP, you can see that the dial market has more than 100 personalized dials, including semi-bright dials, dynamic dials, functional dials, etc., which can be replaced according to different outfits and different moods. And in addition to the system dial optional, but also added a custom dial, through the "one touch to transmit the dial" function, you can set the various pictures in the phone into an exclusive personalized dial.
The control of the dial is also quite simple, the pull-down shortcut function has "do not disturb", "bright screen", "find the mobile phone", "alarm clock", "settings" and other commonly used setting functions, the default left and right sliding cards have heart rate, pressure, weather, music, Alipay, activity rate and other functions, users can set their own needs of the shortcut function card according to their actual needs.
The button of the watch adopts a two-key design, and the upper left button can call up all the applications and functions supported by the Honor Watch GS 3, including exercise, heart rate, blood oxygen monitoring, weather, compass, remote control photography and many other rich functions, probably counting, a total of more than twenty models. The sit button is mainly to quickly call out the functions and applications of sports, including running, swimming, mountaineering, skiing, rowing, etc., up to more than a hundred kinds of sports modes.
Although the Honor Watch GS 3 looks more fashionable and business-oriented in appearance, there is no shortage of technology in the sports function. The Honor Watch GS 3 is equipped with HONOR Health 5.0 software and hardware collaborative optimization technology, which not only makes the accuracy of the watch higher, but also consumes lower power. With the new 8-channel heart rate AI engine black technology, the accuracy of the watch's heart rate monitoring data is further improved. The 8-channel PPG monitoring module will integrate the collected heart rate signals with AI, and realize the accurate detection of heart rate data through the frequency tracking algorithm and AI heart rate algorithm, so that users can understand their physical conditions at any time, anywhere and accurately, and provide effective health data and guidance for users' daily life, intense work, and high-load exercise, so that users can adjust their living conditions faster and more timely.
Let's talk about the honor watch GS 3 for the most used functions, first of all, blood oxygen monitoring, blood oxygen saturation is an important physiological parameter reflecting the function of respiration and circulation, in 95%-100% of this healthy blood oxygen saturation value, the higher the blood oxygen index means the better the human body function and mental state. If this value is less than 90%, it is considered hypoxemia, and persistent hypoxia levels may lead to respiratory or cardiac arrest. Honor Watch GS 3 supports all-weather, continuous blood oxygen monitoring, and with the mobile APP, it can view the user's blood oxygen status in real time and dynamically track blood oxygen data. Record each hypoxic event, timely alert to abnormalities, allow users to maintain good body blood oxygen circulation during exercise, predict adverse physical reactions in advance, and adjust exercise load and state in time.
Another more practical is the function of sleep monitoring, now many users have problems with sleep quality, long-term lack of sleep will also cause lack of energy, immunity decline, serious will affect the health of the body. Honor watch GS 3's HONOR Health 5.0 technology can monitor sleep quality throughout the process through real-time heart rate and other body indicators monitoring, evaluate sleep quality, and automatically identify the user's time of falling asleep and waking time, and completely present and draw a sleep map including deep sleep, light sleep, RAPID eye movement and wakefulness, so that users can grasp the sleep situation at a glance. At the same time, through the analysis of data, accurately identify 6 categories of typical sleep problems, provide more than 200 kinds of improvement suggestions and personalized sleep services, users can be based on relevant suggestions, by adjusting sleep time, improving the sleep environment, etc., or through meditation, exercise aid, small sleep and other means, to eliminate poor sleep habits, improve sleep quality, thereby improving the health of the body.
For those who like to hike, climb or hike in the wild, the biggest worry is getting lost. Honor watch GS 3 also fully considers the needs of this aspect, so this time supports the function of accurate GPS return. Hiking in the wild, once the Glory Watch GS 3 finds that the GPS signal is unreliable, it will immediately open a lost reminder, prompting the user that the GPS signal is unstable, may encounter a lost situation, to ensure that the user is fully prepared, bypassing the difficult road section; secondly, the Honor Watch GS 3 will establish a waypoint photo album through the hardware mutual assistance of the two devices of the mobile phone and the watch, and automatically select and record a more reliable GPS anchor planning return trajectory; finally, in the field, the user can easily zoom and move through the touch screen. Make the entire route easy to view, once the user gets lost, they can use the accurate navigation of the Honor Watch GS 3 to return to the same way according to the navigation instructions, making the wild hiking safer and outdoor sports more assured.
In addition to the function, the charging endurance of the watch is definitely one of the configurations that everyone cares about the most, after all, no one will like a smart watch that needs to be charged frequently. I also measured the charging speed of the Honor Watch GS 3, 5 minutes charging 16%, daily use of a day is not too much problem; 15 minutes charging 45%, 30 minutes charging 70%, 55 minutes or so full.
In terms of battery life, this watch consumes about 7% of the power per day in the case of the default function is turned on, all-weather wear and continuous use, if the normal use of about two weeks of battery life, or very powerful. Of course, in the scene of daily use, taking off the watch for charging when idle (such as taking a bath) is also considered to extend the battery life without perception.
The application functions of the Honor watch GS 3 are very comprehensive, and I will not introduce them in detail here. Finally, a brief explanation, although many smart watches are smart now, but more functions are still biased towards the performance of sports functions, in fact, as a smart watch, it is also the most commonly used and popular smart wearable device, it should not only be positioned as a smart watch, but should retain the function of smart watches, but also as a functional extension of smart phones.
As far as my personal use of the Honor watch GS 3 is concerned, I think its performance is still very much in line with this positioning. In the use of specific scenarios, the convenience and response speed of this watch can exceed the mobile phone, such as: in the busy work or dedicated exercise, the user does not need to take out the mobile phone, raise the wrist can get message reminders, physical status indicators, music playback, Alipay quick payment and other various capabilities in the Honor Watch GS 3. If you're in an important meeting or sweating profusely, it's not convenient to answer the phone. Also do not take out the mobile phone, when the Honor watch GS 3 appears call reminder, you can directly answer, or reject and choose a text message quick reply, so that the operation is easy and convenient, in one go, the work movement is not delayed, and the communication is not rude.
In other aspects, honor watch GS 3 also supports Bluetooth calling, NFC access control card and bus card, users take the subway through the gate, take the bus to swipe the card, or go home, enter the office through the gate access control, no need to take out the mobile phone, directly raise the wrist and gently sweep over all kinds of swipe cards and identity authentication, so that the road is unimpeded, so that travel is easy and comfortable.
In general, other smart watches have or do not have the function, the glory watch GS 3 basically covers or supports, coupled with the high-end appearance of both fashion and business, the price of this watch is only 1299 to start, how a fragrant word. So, if you want to start a smartwatch that is very comprehensive in all aspects now, the Honor Watch GS 3 may be the best choice.